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Part of the University Library Special Collections at UNC-Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Collection documents North Carolina’s history, literature, and culture by collecting written works, photographs, and artifacts.
The North Carolina Collection is a partner in our North Carolina History digital textbook project and has contributed both primary and secondary sources.
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- Arthur Dobbs
- Arthur Dobbs (1689–1765) was royal governor of North Carolina from 1754 to 1764.
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- Bechtler gold dollar coin (obverse)
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- Bechtler gold dollar coin (reverse)
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- Benjamin Hedrick
- To make the matter short, I say I am in favor of the election of Fremont to the Presidency; and these are my reasons for my preference: 1st. Because I like the man. He was born and educated at the South. He has lived at the North and the West, and therefore...
- Blackbeard the pirate
- This illustration of Blackbeard is from Charles Johnson's book A General History of the Pyrates. Aside from this work, no other record of Charles Johnson exists. Many believe the book was actually written by Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson...
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- Counterfeit Bechtler coin (obverse)
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- Counterfeit Bechtler coin (reverse)
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- The Democrats appeal to voters
- Chairman F.M. Simmons Issues a Patriotic and Able Address, Summing Up the Issues, and Appealing Eloquently to the White Voters To Redeem the State To the voters of North Carolina: The most memorable campaign ever waged in North Carolina is...
- Indians Cooking Fish
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving depicting two American Indian men cooking fish. De Bry's engraving, "The Broiling of Their Fish Over the Flame," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and...
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- Letter from Johnston about North Carolina history, p. 3 of 6
- Letter from James Cathcart Johnston to A. D. Murphey 1821; page 3 of 6.
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- The life and death of Blackbeard the Pirate
- In Grand visions, rough realities: The development of colonial North Carolina, page 2.8
- Captain Blackbeard (born Edward Teach) was one of the most notorious pirates of the Atlantic Ocean in the 1710s. As captain of the ship "Queen Anne's Revenge," Blackbeard gained a reuptation for his frightening appearance as much as for his violence and cruelty. Between his adventures at sea, Blackbeard often returned to North Carolina and was rumored to have a house in Ocracoke. He enjoyed the tolerance of the North Carolina governor who did little to protect the people of the state from Blackbeard's attacks. Exasperated, North Carolinians appealed to the governor of Virginia, who sent a crew of British Naval officers to fight the pirate. On November 22, 1718, the crew succeeded in killing the infamous Blackbeard.
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- Lucy Calista Morgan and Edward Worst at a spinning wheel
- In this black and white photograph, Lucy Calista Morgan is working at a spinning wheel. She is wearing a long skirt and a loose blouse in a light color with patterned borders. Behind her with his hand grasping the back of her chair, is Edward Worst. He wears...
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- Map of the Dismap Swamp Canal, 1867
- Map is titled "Dismal Swamp Canal connecting the Chesapeake Bay with Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and their tributary streams, by D. S. Walton, Civil Engineer, 1867."
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- Masthead from the North Carolina Gazette, 1777
- James Davis originally published the North-Carolina Gazette from 1751 until around 1760. He began a new newspaper, The North-Carolina Magazine; Or Universal Intelligencer in 1764 and published this until around 1768. In May 1768 he started over again, this...
- Format: image/newspaper
- Native American Charnel House
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving depicting an American Indian tomb. De Bry's engraving, "The Tombe of their Werovvans or Cheiff Lordes," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report...
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- Native American in Body Paint
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of an American Indian man with a bow and arrow. De Bry's engraving, "A Weroan or Great Lorde of Virginia," was orginially published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report...
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- Native American Man and Woman Eating
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving depicting two American Indians sitting for a meal. De Bry's engraving, "Their Sitting at Meate," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the...
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- Native American Village of Pomeiooc
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving of the American Indian town of Pomeiooc. De Bry's engraving, "The Towne of Pomeiooc," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found...
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- Native American Village of Secoton
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving depicting the American Indian town of Secota. De Bry's engraving, "The Tovvne of Secota," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New...
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- Native Americans Making Canoes
- Hand-colored version of Theodor de Bry's engraving depicting American Indian men making boats. De Bry's engraving, "The Manner of Makinge their Boates," was originally published as an illustration in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report...
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